October 2, 2017:

Drivers Tyler Buter and George Napolitano Jr. had the hot hands on a Simpson Stakes-filled Sunday afternoon (October 1) at Harrah's Philadelphia....read on

September 30, 2017:

Two-year-old fillies trained by Richard 'Nifty' Norman were showcased in the John Simpson Memorial Stakes at Harrah's Philadelphia on Friday (September 29), winning three of the afternoon's $30,000 divisions....read on

October 30, 2016:

Photobombr Hanover never looked back from his outside post six in taking the final event in the John Simpson Sr. stakes series, the $74,000 two-year-old colt pace, on Sunday afternoon (October 30) at Harrah’s Philadelphia, winning in a lifetime-best 1:52.4....read on

October 28, 2016:

The John Simpson Sr. stakes series continued at Harrah’s Philadelphia on Friday afternoon (October 28), with action for two-year-old trotters of both sexes, and even though each of the winners had been away from the races for 18 days or more, all had been trained up to a winning mile by well-known conditioners and got the job done....read on

October 16, 2016:

Three-year-old pacers of each sex both raced three $35,000 divisions in the John Simpson Sr. stakes series on Sunday afternoon (October 16) at Harrah’s Philadelphia, with the fastest mile of the six the 1:51.3 clocking turned in by 'upstart' filly Lakeisha Hall in defeating the favoured Lispatty....read on

October 14, 2016:

Dayson, who has lost only twice in his 23-start career when he has stayed flat, and Sir Royson, who hadn’t stayed flat in his last four starts (but was second to Dayson the last time he did), won $40,000 divisions of the John Simpson Sr. stakes series for three-year-old trotting colts, as the time-honoured races came to Harrah’s Philadelphia for the first time on Friday (October 14)....read on

January 14, 2016:

The John Simpson Memorial Stakes for colts and fillies will undergo several changes in 2016, as the races return to the Pennsylvania after a successful five-year-run at the Meadowlands Racetrack, Tioga Downs and Vernon Downs....read on

October 17, 2015:

Twenty two-year-olds contested a quartet of John Simpson Memorial events on Friday evening at Vernon Downs, with driver Chris Lems capturing two of the four stakes races on the night's 12-race card....read on

May 9, 2015:

With The Championship Meet upon us, The Grand Circuit took center stage on Friday night at The Meadowlands....read on

May 5, 2015:

“It took a little while for her to figure it out, but now she seems like she has (figured it out) hopefully. Time will tell.”...read on

May 2, 2015:

When last seen on the racetrack, Wiggle It Jiggleit was dominating the final of the William “Buddy” Gilmour at The Meadowlands in mid-March. The three-year-old gelded son of Mr Wiggles was given a brief break following that win, but returned in style on Saturday night at The Meadowlands, winning the $47,124 John Simpson Memorial by three lengths over pocket-sitting Rock N Roll World....read on

May 1, 2015:

Delaware Sires Stakes champ Totally Rusty brought her act to New Jersey and the Queen of the First State made quite an impression on the locals with a career-best 1:50.3 win in the $39,416 Hardie Hanover, a division of the John Simpson Memorial Grand Circuit stakes....read on

April 30, 2015:

Joe Holloway hopes Fast Movin Train is on track for a successful New York Sire Stakes season. But first the gelding will have to compete against the locomotive known as Wiggle It Jiggleit in Saturday’s $47,124 Simpson Memorial Stakes for three-year-old male pacers at the Meadowlands Racetrack....read on

May 9, 2014:

The John Simpson Memorial trotting stakes were raced at The Meadowlands on Friday evening and no one in the house was prepared for the exhibition that Trixton put on winning the $51,543 “Ayres” for sophomore colts....read on

November 2, 2013:

Well Built, Skates N Plates, JK Molly, Bikini So Teeny and Bakersfield were all divisional winners in Friday night’s $88,844 John Simpson Memorial stakes for two-year-olds at Vernon Downs....read on